John Lone
Also Known As: 尊龍, 尊龙, 吴国良, Leung Kwok Ng
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John "Johnny" Lone is a Hong Kong born American actor of Chinese and English descent. Lone has played roles as diverse as a caveman in Iceman (1984), the last Emperor of China in The Last Emperor (1987), and an apparently female opera performer in M. Butterfly (1993). Was a member of Madame Fan Fok-Fa's The Spring And Autumn Drama School's Peking Opera. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China
Adult: No
Birthday: October 13, 1952
Age: 72 years old
Gender: Male
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M. Butterfly
Overview: In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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The Last Emperor
Overview: A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-04
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War
Overview: FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing?
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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Year of the Dragon
Overview: In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-16
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Rush Hour 2
Overview: It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-03
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Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Overview: A turn-of-the-century investigator named Kate Bliss goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming "Robin Hood of the plains," leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property.
Genres: Western Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-26
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Iceman
Overview: A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-13
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The Shadow
Overview: Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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The Hunted
Overview: Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of danger and intrigue after he and his sexy companion are the targets of assassins hired by the ruthless Kinjo. To survive, Racine must join forces with a powerful samurai and together they will fight the force of evil in an awesome battle rooted in centuries of brutal conflict.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-24
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The Moderns
Overview: Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-15
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Shadow of China
Overview: A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-12
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Task Force
Overview: Lin is a plain-clothes cop in the crime-riddled district of Mongkok who bungles a vice operation directed at mainland prostitues. He falls for a ditsy hooker who tells him the love of her life is a killer who once svaed her life in a shootout.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-11-13
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Disclosure
Overview: An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-19
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Shadows of the Peacock
Overview: The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-16
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Paper Moon Affair
Overview: An enigmatic Japanese woman, abandoned by her wealthy Chinese husband in a remote Pacific Northwest village, becomes entwined in the lives of two rugged locals.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-20
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King Kong
Overview: An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-08
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Master of Everything
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Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2004-05-01
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Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Overview: Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-17
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Shanghai 1920
Overview: Billy Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawson wants to run a legitimate trade, but Billy craves the power that comes with leadership among the cities gangster underground.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-12-19
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Rabbit Ears - Five Chinese Brothers
Overview: Five brothers, each possessing an amazing physical gift, conspire to outwit the cruel Emperor, who forced thousands into slavery to build the Great Wall of China. Each of the older brothers' talents is put to the test in order to save the people: great strength, tremendous height, sharp senses, and resistance to fire. Just when it appears that the Emperor will triumph, it is the sensitive youngest brother whose talent is the most useful of all.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-17
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Americathon
Overview: In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-10
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